Is there an open source alternative (similar to ultraedit) to handle files with filesize >200 MBytes?
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textpad will probably swallow it
oops, just clocked the "open source" requirement. Typing before thinking.
Simon
2008-10-07 21:09:31
Even if it's not open source, still love textpad, it would do 200 megs easy.
Mark
2010-02-23 19:56:20
if it had java introspection in a separate pane it would be a fast Eclipse replacement (all that tooling takes ages to start up if you just want to hack a file and you are confident in the syntax). I already have it as the editor of choice for most source file types, especially weird web pages which may have 3 or 4 languages simultaneously. Being able to hilight different syntax in the same file using your own schemes is really powerful. It is a brilliant editor.
Simon
2010-02-24 11:04:58
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Notepad++ is open source and has good support for editing really big files:
Dylan Beattie
2008-10-07 21:13:42
I am unable to open files >250 MByte with notepad++. Are there special settings to make that possible?
DB
2008-10-14 08:42:11
Though it ain't terribly similar to ultraedit. Not compared to Notepad++ anyway.
Christian Vest Hansen
2008-10-07 21:59:28
Granted. But at least occasionally "I want another program like X" means "I only know X". In which case Dirk might be happier in the long running learning another tool. If this is not the case, please disregard this answer. Cheers.
dmckee
2008-10-08 15:08:44
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Duplicate of Best Free Text Editor Supporting More Than 4G Files? and even Editor to open big text files (XML export files), even if you added "open source" (most are).
PhiLho
2008-10-07 21:48:18
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My specs: Windows XP - 2 GByte RAM
Testfilesize: 280 MBytes
I used a standard installation of the editors below without any further configuration:
Notepad++: Did not open the file (error message: File ist too big to be opened by Notepad++)
Emacs: Did not open the file (error message: Maximum buffer size exceeded)
GVIM or Cream: Did open the file but was unable to perform an internal copy operation with a big chunk of the text.
The lite version of Editpad did the job for me (it is not open source but seems to be free for non commercial use).
DB
2008-10-08 22:39:55
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well vim and gvim are great ... i can opn 3GB files without a sweat :)
Mohamed
2009-11-24 16:24:45
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EditPad Lite says: does not support 2GB files, bummer!
The current version of Notepad++ (open source) just opened it, but only views the beginning of the file. Luckily for me, that was what I needed to see in this case.
Moe Cazzell
2010-02-23 19:44:39
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scite is pretty lightweight and handles the 200+ MB file without problem (on my end).
nevets1219
2010-02-23 20:03:04
Why the downvote? Is scite not free, open-source, and capable? The only thing is that it's not ultraedit in terms of feature
nevets1219
2010-04-26 20:52:30